Monday, February 20, 2017

Malaysia has
lodged a protest against the North Korean ambassador over accusations he
made about the investigation into the killing of Kim Jong Nam, the
half-brother of North Korea's leader.
The Malaysian Foreign Ministry summoned Ambassador Kang Chol on Monday.
The protest came in response to Kang's criticism of the Malaysian
authorities last Friday at the hospital where Kim Jong Nam's autopsy was
underway. Kim died on February 13th after being assaulted at the
airport in Kuala Lumpur.
Kang had unsuccessfully requested immediate handover of Kim Jong Nam's
body. He then suggested at a press conference that Malaysian authorities
have something to conceal with respect to the incident.
In a statement, Malaysia's foreign ministry said officials told Kang it
is the responsibility of the Malaysian government to conduct an
investigation to identify the cause of death.
It also said the government has been transparent and the investigation has been conducted in accordance with Malaysian law.
It rejected criticism made by Kang as baseless, adding that the
government takes very seriously any unfounded attempt to tarnish its
reputation.
The ministry said it has recalled its ambassador to North Korea for consultations.

Thursday, February 16, 2017

At around 17:00 GMT February 16 somebody created a dummy account, trying to replicate Kim Jong-nam's original. It contained an auto-translated message in Korean asking for money to be wired to a Singaporean account. Within minutes it was deleted - either by facebook or it's creator. The URL was: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100015264407081

The murder of Kim Jong-nam came at a very unfortunate time, and certainly will not help Kim Jong-un's reputation abroad. For this reason alone we must consider the following two theories:

1. Assasination was ordered by North Korean officials seeking to please Jong-un, in time for 2.15 celebrations. If this was the case we could see heads roll back home, as indeed this could not have happened at a worse time for Kim Jong-un.

2. Assassination was ordered by South Korean intelligence to cast bad light on Kim Jong-un and the DPRK.